Vegetation diversity pattern during spring season in relation to topographic and edaphic variables in sub-tropical zone

Botanical Studies

Original Article

Robina Aziz¹  Muhammad Majeed²  Adam Khan³  Zahir Muhammad⁴  Hazrat Ali⁴  Hussein Almohamad⁵  Ahmed Abdullah Al Dughairi⁵  Wali Muhammad Mangrio⁶  Hazem Ghassan Abdo⁷ 

[1] Department of Botany, Government College, Women University Sialkot, 51310, Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan;Department of Botany, University of Gujrat, Hafiz Hayat Campus, 50700, Gujrat, Punjab, Pakistan;Department of Botany, University of Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan;Department of Botany, University of Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan;Department of Geography, College of Arabic Language and Social Studies, Qassim University, 51452, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia;Department of Zoology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Shah Abdul Latif University, 66111, Khairpur, Sindh, Pakistan;Geography Department, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Tartous University, Tartous, Syria;

关键词: Vegetation diversity;    Diversity indices;    Spring season;    Topography;    Environment;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40529-023-00398-5

 received in 2022-11-23, accepted in 2023-09-05,  发布年份 2023

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe present study was conducted to explore the diversity pattern of spring vegetation under the influence of topographic and edaphic variables in sub-tropical zone, District Malakand. In the present vegetation study, 252 species of 80 families were recorded in the study area. It included 39 species of trees, 43 species of shrubs, 167 species of herbs and 3 climber species. As a whole, 12 communities were established on the basis of topographic and edaphic characteristics in 12 different stations.ResultsThe results of the present study revealed that all diversity indices (species diversity, evenness index, species richness index, maturity index) during spring showed that the communities in plains lying at lower altitudes had higher diversity while the communities formed at high altitudes had lower diversity. The results of the similarity index showed that there was low similarity (below 50%) amongst the communities in different stations.ConclusionsIt can be concluded that variations in topographic and edaphic factors affect species diversity and communities pattern.

【 授权许可】

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© Institute of Plant and Microbial Biology 2023

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